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Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy
Johnson, Simon; Kaufmann, Daniel; Zoido, Pablo - 2004
administration of tax and regulatory regimes--not higher tax rates alone--as well as corruption, that increases the size of the … firms experience a greater tax and regulatory burden, as well as more bribery and corruption. The unofficial economy is also … larger unofficial economy tend to grow more slowly. Thus, this framework suggests an additional channel whereby corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042648
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Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer … undue influence. We construct a new set of ethics indices, encompassing forms of (legal) corruption not subject to … measurement in conventional (illegal) corruption indicators. It is found that manifestations of legal corruption may be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408399
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Myths and Realities of Governance and Corruption
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2006
A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … the conventional definition of corruption as being too narrow, legalistic and unduly focused on the public sector, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061747
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Corruption, Governance and Security : Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2005
Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer … undue influence. We construct a new set of ethics indices, encompassing forms of (legal) corruption not subject to … measurement in conventional (illegal) corruption indicators. It is found that manifestations of legal corruption may be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069076
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Governance Redux: The Empirircal Challenge
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
survey of enterprises carried out for the GCR, we find that firms from emerging economies single out corruption and excessive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126032
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Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism
Johnson, Simon; Kaufmann, Daniel; McMillan, John; … - 2002
Ukraine face higher effective tax rates, worse bureaucratic corruption, greater incidence of mafia protection, and have less … corruption is significantly associated with hiding output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014036203
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Governance Redux : The Empirical Challenge
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2004
survey of enterprises carried out for the GCR, we find that firms from emerging economies single out corruption and excessive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071891
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Myths and Realities of Governance and Corruption
Kaufmann, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … the conventional definition of corruption as being too narrow, legalistic and unduly focused on the public sector, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789462
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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003
This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561191
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Governance Matters IV : Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2006
Kaufmann, Kraay and Mastruzzi present the newly updated estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 209 countries and territories for five time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065070